How to Use forewarning in a Sentence

forewarning

noun

• Shaw said there had been no forewarning of the swap was coming.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022
• The sound could indeed be a siren and thus a handy forewarning that an ambulance or firetruck might be coming down the road soon.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• Little has changed since this forewarning, and the new program does not alter the paucity of the workforce.
  — Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 1 June 2017
• Carlson was not allowed to have a final show; staffers at the network, and even at his own show, were not given forewarning.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
• Turns out, a little forewarning, a dash of tact and a giant pile of money is a winning formula for a clean break.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019
• Tesla and Cruise provide forewarning of why this is necessary.
  — Steven E. Shladover, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2024
• Fortunately, we’ve been given a little more forewarning this time around.
  — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• There are going to be a lot of questions about whether there was, as Pierre pointed out, whether there was any type of forewarning of this attack.
  — ABC News, 14 July 2024
• Powell didn't see the departure of coach Hylton Dayes as a forewarning.
  — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 14 Apr. 2020
• That forewarning has given rise to an intricate web of global deception.
  — Katherine Eban, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2019
• Apparently, this was unplanned, and Chloe had no forewarning.
  — Steve Watkins, star-telegram, 18 July 2017
• The new study suggests industries and people who rely on ionospheric systems could have forewarning of these bubbles.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 June 2023
• Also, the expression is used at times in jest, while on other occasions it is intended as the most serious of forewarnings.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
• Turn up your heat now Fortunately, this storm has brought more forewarning than the last, giving you time to heat up the house in the event the electricity shuts off.
  — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• The wonderfully random explosions of spontaneous noise, all of it free of forewarning.
  — Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 14 Apr. 2024
• In a forewarning of future purges, the NRC, too, became subject to political witch hunts.
  — Peter Schwartzstein, Smithsonian, 30 May 2018
• Others chalk up social trends such as learning to play the harmonica or wearing more brown clothing as forewarnings of a financial downturn on the horizon.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
• My prediction is that this behavior is a forewarning of what’s to come in face-to-face conversations in the workplace, at the grocery store, in airports, and beyond.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 12 July 2022
• From Grover’s geographical layout to the forewarnings of what’s to come, viewers are compelled to take an interest in this place because of him.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
• Often, residents are given no or little forewarning by the police on imminent tear gas use, and as a result are caught unawares while at home, dining out, or just strolling the streets.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 8 Aug. 2019
• Washington, with no diplomatic presence on the ground, had no forewarning of the switch, much less any hope of convincing the Nauru government to change its mind.
  — Charles Edel, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
• But if an exceedingly large storm were to strike again—as one very nearly did in 2012—the results could be severe, regardless of forewarnings.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2019
• Pleasant ultimately put the blame on city officials, saying the business lost around $2,000 thanks to a lack of forewarning.
  — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2024
• More than a forewarning, the project is an open invitation into the Texan’s sonic world, drawing on elements from an array of genres.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 26 Feb. 2026
• Blinken said Wednesday that the Biden administration had received no forewarning of the Haniyeh attack.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
• Detroit Tigers catcher Tucker Barnhart made sure to give a forewarning about his enthusiasm.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 Nov. 2021
• With no forewarning, no experience driving an EV, and virtually no guidance, what was supposed to be a restful trip upstate was anything but.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023
• But with no forewarning, residents around Paris — along with fans and players inside Roland Garros — expressed their fears of an explosion on social networks.
  — Jerome Pugmire, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• Overall ☆☆ 1/2 The kitchen is great at cooking seafood, but the service fell down in some instances and charging $80 for a single crab, without forewarning, is ridiculous.
  — Carla Meyer, sacbee.com, 18 May 2017
• Nevertheless, as with the Israeli troops in the Golan on Thursday, those American personnel had no forewarning or any chance to take cover.
  — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024